Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-08
NO ONE RECOGNIZED.
TIKI EXPECTED xorI6HIH TIE HousR
E0T MADE.
What Speaker Carlisle Says The Question
Of New Classification Of Post
Ofiicss-Personal.
rpron our Reeul.r Cores,opdentI


WASHINGTON, February THE gen
tlemen who have been moving so earn
estly in behalf OF reduction of taxes
we're apparently confident at II o'clock
to-day that one of their number would
be recognized by the Speaker to move
to suspend the rules and pass the bull
10 abolish the taxes on tobacco. Mr..
Wise saw the Speaker and learned that
he had decided not to recognize a Re
publican. The arrangement was origl-
nally for Mr.. Kelley to have recognition,
Int after Mr. Randall had requested
that "a Democrat should have this
honor and the Speaker had consulted
with his friends, he came to the deter
mination not 10 recognize anybody.
When seen later in the afternoon he
made this statement. III the motion
had been made it would have been
made by Mr.. Cabell. The letter and
various propositions of Mr.. Carlisle
will receive response tonight at the
hands of the committee who have con-
ferred with him.
The House Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads have agreed to
report the bill which makes new clas-
sification Of the post-ofiices OF the coun-
try. 1t is proposed to have three in
stead Of four classes, as at present.
The presidential offices will be in the
first and second classes-all the others
III the third.
The House Judiciary Committee will
consider of it's sitting tomorrow the
Senate bill (No. $3.50 known as the
direct-tax bill.
AN IRON BRIDGE.
Mr.. Barbour introduced a bill making
an appropriation of 100000, or so
much of this sum as may be necessary,
TO construct an iron bridge twenty-five
feet broad across the Potomac to the
Arlington estate.
Mr.. Barbour also introduced bill TO
pay q. i. Wibert $500 as ianitor OF the
Curtis public-school building, in this
city; also, bill to make extra com
pensation for the services of Edwin NJ.
Iawton, disbursing clerk of the War
Department. The amount is 81, 800.
Mr.. Riddleberger presented the petl-
tions of a number of Virginians in favor
of the passage of the Colquitt license
bill
Mr.. Henderson presented the reso-
luton of the United States Manhsden
Oil and Guano Association favoring an
increase of revenue duty of cents per
pound on "degras" and $40 per ton on
nitrates of soda. BY the same gentle
man the paper Of Herbert Myrlck,
Springfield, Mass, advocating the adop-
| ton of the experimental agricultural
station bill; also, by the same the paper
| of jeremiah p. Robinson and Others,
New York, urging the passage Of the
Hewitt revenue bill.
Mr.. Barbour presented the petition
of Duncan James, asking reference OF
claim to the Court of Claims. Also,
the war claims of Duncan James and
Eushrod l.. Fox, respectively of Eau
Quier and Loudon counties.
Mr. Henderson presented the war
claims of L. 7. Haywood, Franklin
county, n. c., asking reference to
| the Court Of Claims.
POSTAL NOTES.
Post-of discontinued: Excl, King
and Queen county; mail to Bestland.
Magenta post-ofiice changed to Whit
aker's.
New post-offices: Manning, Rowan
county, n. c., John E. Briggs, post
master; Boggs, Webster county, w.
Va, William A. Boggs, postmaster;
| Diana, same county and State, John A.
Howell, postmaster; Romantic, Green
brier county, W. Va, A. j. Percy,
postmaster; Canterbury, Frederick
county, Va, James II. Carter, post
| master.
Postmasters commissioned George
A. Harner, Harriston Alphonso Fin
| ney, Farm, W. Va. ; Charles Hampley,
Hardley, w. Va. James W. Hopkins,
Browns Summit, n. c.. Absalom W.
Saunders, Palestine, \. c. (; Virgil S.
Seawell, Grains Greek j. j. McFar-
land, Youngs Mills, W. Va.
Miss Mildred Lee, daughter of Gen
eral Robert L. Lee, is at Wormley's.
Visitors: William G.. Murray, Nor
| folk; +. T. D. Myers and Charles bod
son, Richmond; Miss Jennie o. Harris,
Harrisonburg; Major j. w. Foster,
Leesburg Mrs. +. Severwig, b. p.
Noland, ard F. p. Gist, Virginia; Colo
mel J. r. Morehead, Leaksyille; i. W.
Patton, AsheviIle; W. Fuller and r. p.
| Dicks. North Carolina.